On June 29, approximately 250 people gathered at Cal Anderson Park in Capitol Hill to hold a vigil in memory of Mollie Olgin, who was shot to death in Texas on June 23, and in support of her girlfriend, Mary Kristene Chapa, who survived the attack. Chapa remains hospitalized, but has regained consciousness and is communicating. Monmore --------------------------------------------------

The federal Department of Justice has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review two DOMA cases, Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Massachusetts v. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

'[T]he Solicitor General today filed in the Supreme Court of the Unitmore--------------------------------------------------

On July 3, Washington United for Marriage, the coalition working to defend Washington's bipartisan marriage law by approving Referendum 74, opened a high-visibility 'action center' on East Pike Street in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood.

The center is housed in the new spmore --------------------------------------------------

On June 29, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer and co-founder Bill Gates each donated $100,000 to Washington United for Marriage, the campaign supporting the state's new marriage equality law, which faces a referendum vote in November.

Washington United reported the contrmore --------------------------------------------------

Four months from now, Washingtonians will have the chance to stand up for full equality and make history by defending marriage equality at the ballot box in November. It can be a victory that resonates for generations to come and pushes the entire nation over the tipping point toward a cultmore --------------------------------------------------

More than 100 protesters took to the streets of Capitol Hill on the evening of Friday, June 29, to protest the Seattle Police Department's (SPD) recent handling of the Pride weekend 'Queer street dance party,' where officers arrested six people and deployed pepper spray. Many of the same peopmore--------------------------------------------------

Americans now have an easy way to help foster LGBT civil rights worldwide, thanks to a new initiative by the U.S. State Department. Text donations to the mGive International Response Equality Fund will help to further programs and initiatives aimed at advancing human rights and fosterimore --------------------------------------------------

A judge in Orebro, Sweden, has acquitted a man of rape charges because the victim was a Transgender woman.

Judge Dan Sjöstedt threw out the charge against the 61-year-old defendant, saying the case against him was 'invalid' because the victim was not actually female. more --------------------------------------------------

LGBT activists in Havana staged a kiss-in June 28 in advance of Cuba's second annual Pride march, and charged the Cuban government with failing to comply with their international treaty obligations on human rights.

The 'Kiss-In for Diversity and Equality' at the Ramon Fonst spormore --------------------------------------------------

The federal Department of Justice has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review two DOMA cases, Golinski v. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and Massachusetts v. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

'[T]he Solicitor General today filed in the Supreme Court of the Unmore --------------------------------------------------

LAOS HOLDS FIRST GAY PRIDE EVENT
AFP reports that the Southeast Asian nation of Laos recently held its first-ever Pride event in what supporters hope is a sign of softening social values in the small Communist country.

Although homosexuality is legal in Laos, it is frowned upon by many in the smore

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says Gay and Lesbian couples will get equal marriage and adoption rights as of 2013. Ayrault made the promise as part of a major speech to Parliament on July 3 outlining his government's goals for its five-year term.

For the first time ever, the federal Food and Drug Administration has approved over-the-counter sales of an at-home HIV test. A Canadian study published in January demonstrated that the test, made by OraSure Technologies, is accurate, and a committee of independent experts assembled by the FDA more-------

Pride Events CalendarVICTORIA PRIDE
On Sunday, July 8, Victoria's annual Pride Parade steps off from Pandora St. and Government St. in downtown Victoria at noon, traveling down Government St. to Belleville St., down Belleville St. past the Legislature, to Menzies St., Kingston St., and Oswego St. to MacDonald Park (Oswego and Simcoe Sts.) for the Pride Fe more
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